Review of Elephant

Elephant (2003)
1/10
I take back everything bad I said about "And Then I Go"
24 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I've watched some school shooting movies and I can say after watching Zero Day, Bang Bang You're Dead, and 2017's And Then I Go (Project X) this is an insult to the subject and genre.

NOTHING happens. NOBODY gets developed enough for you to care out. NOTHING is explained. Most of it is just kids walking around and background chatter.

It seemed the two shooter characters came out of nowhere. I had forgotten about them until one was looking at guns on his laptop. We know nothing about them. I forgot their names. Why did they kiss in the shower? What is their motive to kill? Why is one into piano and the other a slacker?

In "And Then I Go", we get those reasons. Edwin and Flake are shown to answer those questions although the plot leading up to the shooting is somewhat bland. But we get actual plot. Here, it's just nothing.

There's one part where it's just a cloudy sky. Watching online, I nearly thought my video had froze.

The actual shooting is horrible and unrealistic. There's really no words to describe how bad it all is. Now we get a guy named Benny? Who's he? Why should we care?

I hated this ending. And Then I Go's was a cop out I had thought, but this proves me wrong. I apologize to Vince Grenshaw.

Please, do not lay your eyes on this piece of trash. I and the many reviewers here (with taste) did so you don't have to.

Watch Zero Day, Bang Bang You're Dead, or And Then I Go instead. I highly recommend them.
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